LIPID STUDIES OF CARICA-PAPAYA

Abstract

The air dried seeds of Carica papaya contains moisture 4.0%, oil 25.6%, minerals 17.8%, proteins 36.6%. The fatty acid composition of yellow coloured oil is C14:0 (1.2%), C16:0 (17.8%), C18:0 (5.9%), C18:1 (63.3%), C18:2 (9.9%), C20:0 (Traces), C22:0 (1.9%). The unsaponifiable is determined as sterols (27.5%), alcohols (40.0%) and hydrocarbons (15.0%). The Hydrocarbons (C15-C36) and alcohols (C12-C18) have been separated, identified and characterized by the application of thin layer and gas liquid chromatography.